retrodiction
/ˌɹɛtɹəˈdɪkʃən/
retrodiction noun: a form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful in testing theories whose actual predictions are too long-term to be of immediate use.
Noun
retrodiction (countable and uncountable, plural retrodictions)
- A form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful in testing theories whose actual predictions are too long-term to be of immediate use.
- Synonyms:
- postdiction
Synonyms of retrodiction
Forms of retrodiction
| plural | retrodictions |
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Origin of retrodiction
Blend of retro- + prediction.
Words that rhyme with retrodiction
- friction
- astriction
- jurisdiction
- addiction
- benediction
- contradiction
- conviction
- depiction
- valediction
- constriction
- dereliction
- fan fiction
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- fiction
- indiction
- restriction
- affliction
- diction
- emiction
- eviction
- faan fiction
- infriction
- malediction
- prediction
- science fiction
- striction
- abstriction
- affixion
- condiction
- confliction
- effiction
- infixion
- miction
- pilimiction
- postdiction
- preconstriction
- prefixion
- reliction
- renoviction
- scientifiction
- stiction
- suffixion
- transfixion
Questions about retrodiction
- What does retrodiction mean?
- Retrodiction means a form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful in testing theories whose actual predictions are too long-term to be of immediate use.
- What part of speech is retrodiction?
- Retrodiction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce retrodiction?
- Retrodiction is pronounced /ˌɹɛtɹəˈdɪkʃən/.
- What is the plural of retrodiction?
- The plural of retrodiction is retrodictions.
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